Intel Core i5-1240P vs Apple M1 (7-GPU). Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Intel Core i5 Apple M series
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 1200P/1200U Apple M1
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  12 1

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  12 / 16 8 / 8
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  4x Golden Cove 4x Firestorm
• B-Core
  8x Gracemont 4x Icestorm
• Overclocking
  No No

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) Apple M1 (7 Core)
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz 1.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.30 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  80 112
• Shader
  640 896
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  4 2
• Generation
  13 1
• Direct X
  12.1 --
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q4/2020

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 (7-GPU) and Intel Core i5-1240P. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200 LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2 (Dual Channel)
• ECC
  No No
• PCIe
  4.0 x 28 4.0
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-1240P and Apple M1 (7-GPU) to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  28 W 15 W
• TDP (PL2)
  64 W --
• TDP up
  -- 20 W
• TDP down
  -- 10 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-1240P and Intel Core i5-1240P, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  9.00 MB 16.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  12.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Alder Lake U M1
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Apple Virtualization Framework
• Socket
  BGA 1744 N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q4/2020
• Part Number
  -- APL 1102